Shelf-bracket.



No. 692,858. Patented Feb. u, ,|9u2.'

c. F. KADE.

SHELF BRACKET.

(Application filed May 16,1900.)

(No Model.)

A V l ifi'L 'Ri support being in section.

UNITED CHARLES F. KADE, OF SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO ISABELLAFRANCIS KADE, OF SHEBOYGAN,'WISCONSIN.

SHELF-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Ne. 692,858, dated February11,1902. Application filed May 16 1900. Serial No. 16,855. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. KADE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sheboygan, in the county of Sheboygan and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShelf-Brackets, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawlngs.

My invention relates to shelf-brackets, and particularly to that type ofbracket which is adapted to be secured to a vertically-disposed supportadapted to carry a number of such brackets.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and efficient bracketwhich may readily be attached to the support or detached therefromwithout interfering with the other brackets carried by it and,furthermore, obtaining considerable spring action in the brackets, whichat the same time'when in engagement with the support arerun. up closethereto. I accomplish this object as hereinafter described and asillustrated in the drawings.

That which I regard asnew will be set forth in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is aplan view, the bracketv Fig. 3 is a similar View showing the method ofdetaching the bracket from its support, and Fig. 1 is a vertical sectionon line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 5 indicates a support which preferably consists of abar 6, having lateral flanges 7 8, making the support T- shaped incross-section; but the shape of the support may be varied as desired.

The bracket is composed of a top plate 10, arranged horizontally, avertically-disposed web 11 on the under side of the plate 10, and aclamp at .the inner side of said plate 10, consisting of spring-plates12 13, secured to the web 11 and having channel or other suitably shapedportions 14 at the opposite ends, the ends of the clamps being shaped togrip the support. A bolt 15 and thumb-screw 16 are provided for drawingthe. spring-plates 12 13 together. Said bolt is reversible in thespring-plates, so that the clamp may be op erated from either side. Asillustrated in the drawings, the upper edges of the springplates 12 13lie immediately below the top plate 10; but said plates may movelaterally independently of said plate 10, so that the clamp may beadjusted independently of said top plate. By this construction the topplate 10 may be caused to approach much closer to the support 5 than inprior constructions. The top plate 10 and web 11 are best formed bysecuring together two angle-irons, the hori zontal portions forming thetop plate, while the vertical'portions form the web.

That whichI claim as 'my invention, and

through said spring-plates, substantially as described.

2. Thecombination of a pair of horizontally-extendin g plates engagingeach other at their inner edges, and having downwardlyextending abuttingwebs, said webs being fixedly connected together, a pair of springplatessecured near their outer ends to said webs at a point removed from theinner ends of said webs, said spring-plates being movable towardand'from each other beneath the.

overhanging portions of said horizontal plates, the free ends of saidspring plates being formed into clamping devices, and an adj ustablebinding device between said clamping devices and the inner ends of saidwebs, substantially as described.

CHARLES F. KADE.

I Witnesses: p

A. F. WINTER, ALF. 0. WINTER.

